Pop and rock music of Switzerland in the 1970s

Progressive music established during in the 70s, when jazz, blues and other genres were mixed with socially aware words, outlandish solos and macho posturing. The initial ensemble of the progressive rock flourishing was known as supergroup Flame Dream, Krokodi and The Shiver and Brainticket later followed. Sinus Studio in Bern, and engineers such as peter McTaggart and Eric Merz became the point of invention during in the mid-1970s, though.

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The year 1973 saw the initial commercial release of dialect rock with Rumpelstilz’s Warehuus Blues; the ensemble split into the mainstream in the year 1976 with the production of the reggae-influenced chart-topper known as Fuuf Narre im Charre.

Later in the year, hard rock became famous and Toad later created a Swiss scene with the entrance single known as Stay, setting the stage for the yesar 1980 discovery of Krokus, the most famous rock ensemble in Swiss music record. While ensembles such as Red Devil, Circus from Basel and The Swiss Horns remained in the music in a more experimental form, spread the Swiss punk ensembles the musical limitations. Already in the year 1976 a small orchestra of Swiss-punks started to change the American and British punk rock scene. Ensembles such as Dieter Meir, Troppo, Kleenex, The Nasal Boys, Mother’s Ruin, Sick, Dogbody, and TNT were from Zurich, as Glueams (Bern), Bastards, Crazy (Lucerne) and Jack & the Rippers were from Geneva represent the Swiss Punk and wave scene of the late 70s.

Kleenex apart from the British ensemble the Slits and The Riancoats is one of the three female ensembles of the Punk year, printed in November in the year 1978 and their first single/EP with four chants. With the combination of the art-school, glamour and punk noise they tried the interest of the John Peel and became the first Swiss Wave export hit.

They entered the United Kingdom charts and sign with the Rough Trade Records.